Drawer for furniture, &amp;c.



No. 708,820., I Patented Sept. 9, I902.

- C. MAYER.

DRAWER FOR FUBNIITURE, 8w.

(Appliation filed Qct. 9 1901.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters recent 708,820, dated September. 9,

'Application filed October 9,, i901.

T0 it whom; it may concern Y Be it known that I, CoR'NELIUs MAYER, acitizen of the United States, and a residentof Trenton, county ofMercer, and Stateof, New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Drawers for Furniture and the Like, of'which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof,.in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

The subject of the present invention is an improved drawer for furnitureand the like; and one of its principal objects is to insure thedrawerworking perfectlytrue either when being pulled out or pushed in,.whereby liability to jamming or binding is obviated and facility foremploying drawers of comparatively large capacity greatlyincre'ased.

There are other objects connected with the novel drawer, among which maybe noted the automaticpivotal lowering and raising of the drawer whenpulled out and pushed in and reversibility of operation relative to thearticle of furniture or other structure with which it coacts.. V

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists inproviding at both sides of the drawer correspondingly-acting sprocketand rack provision whereby the or out. An extended shaft also cooperateswith the sprocket-and-rack provision to serve as a pivotalbearingfor-th'e drawer to permit the lowering and raising of the'sarnein either of its movements, antifriction-rollers secured on the,drawer being adapted to cooperate with inclines on the guide-rails topromote such lowering and raising movements. The

rear wall ofthe drawer-recess is removable and capable of being readilyadjusted to close the opening at the other side ofthe same,

thus adapting said recess to permit the drawer to Work in a manner thereverse of that previously provided for. I

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a vertical side elevation showing my invention as being employed inconnection with a couch. Fig. 2 isa vertical transverse sectional "i'ewof the construction illustrated in Fig. 1, the

1902. Serial no, 78,060. lilo was section being takeninthe planeindicated by iv thebroken linew atof'saidjlatter figure.v Fig.

3'is a fragmentaryfrontview of apart ofth'efllv 1 V couch, illustratingaj'i'nodification.

The frame A ofthe, couch, mounted on suitable casters, is constructedtoprovidethe bottomless drawer-rece'ssfhaving both at the front andrear-openings throughi'either of which the drawer B is adapted to play.One '60.

of the openings in the drawerthat at the rear is closed by a removablesection A, having at its upper edge dowelsa to engage recesses thereforin thedepending ledge a of the couch-frame,'d0gs b, pivotally mountedonthe inner faces of the section A, being de- I signed to be tnrneddownto engage recesses therefor in the contiguous 'end portions of Ithe'guide-railsC O for the drawer, and thereby hold said sectionsecurely in position. 70. As shown in Fig. 1, the guide-rails 0 Carefirmly securedon the inner sides near the bottom' of the frame-walls A Aat the head and foot of the frame, respectively, and forming the sidesof the extended drawer recess.

These tails are provided in their upper faces with a longitudinal seriesof equidistantly-located notches 0. Both extreme portions of each railare beveled on "their upper sides to present outwardly-descendinginclines c.

Revolubly supported in the drawer sides is the drawerand projectsbeyondthe sides of the same, and metal facing-places d, secured thereon forthe rigid attachment of sp'rocket wheels D, the teeth of one of whichare in such register-with those of the othorthat'both can have theirteeth maintained in similar on gagement with the notches c of the railsC C beneath. Secured to thedrawer sides atalow point and contiguous tothe frontthereof are brackets in which are suspendedantit'rictionrollers b, which ride along the adjacent in: I 4

clines c of the rails and control the lowering v and raising movementsof the drawer when moved out or in. These movements are important,inasmuch as the extended character ofthe drawerwould result'in theweight of the same being imposed upon and theconsequent strain bornebythe frame at the drawer- I 00 opening it it were not for the presenceof lower casters b at the front portion of the drawer which support thesame when drawn out independently of the frame and rise with the sameand clear the floor when the drawer is pushed in.

From the description thus farit will be understood that the shaft D,with the sprocketwheels I) revolving therewith and having their teethcorrespondingly matching in the guide-rails,maintains the drawer instrict parallelism within its recess during its movements therein andprevents all tendency to slewingand consequentjammingandbinding, as iscommon in alldrawers, and particularly those of extended width.Moreover, such provision greatly reduces the amount of effort requiredto move the drawer in or out. The presence of the inclines c and therollers b results in the automatic lowering and raising of the drawerwithout any specific exertion for this purpose on the part of the personoperating the drawer.

By completely removing the drawer, disengaging the dogs I) of thesection A, thelatter can be similarly applied and secured at the frontside of the frame to close the opening thereat. The drawer can beintroduced from the rear and work in and outin a manner the reverse ofthat shown in fulland dotted lines, Fig. 1.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to theparticularconstruction and arrangement of the parts shown and described,as the same may be modified and changed and still be within the spiritof my invention. For instance, as disclosed in Fig. 3, guide-rails O,with their notches inverted, may be secured to the drawer-bottom at theside extremities thereof and be engaged by the teeth of sprocket-wheelsD mounted on horizontal stub-shafts D suitably supported on the innerfaces of the ends of the frame. The front panel of the drawer can beprovided with a lock, the bolt of which will engage a keeper located oneach of the frame-ledges, according to which opening the drawer worksthrough.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In drawer provision for furniture and similar structures, thecombination with a drawer and parts forming its recess, of rollers I),located on said drawer contiguous to the front thereof; parallel siderails located in said drawer-recess, having end inclines over which saidrollers ride for effecting the raising and lowering of the drawer duringthe movements; and an outer bottom-support connected with the drawer.

2. In drawer provision for furniture and similar structures, thecombination with a drawer and parts forming its recess; of notchedparallel side rails located on the parts forming the recess of saiddrawer; and sprocket-wheels located upon the drawer and provided withteeth correspondingly engaging the said rails, rollers 11, mounted onsaid drawer, contiguous to the front thereof; the parallel side railshaving end inclines over which said rollers ride; and an outerbottomsupport connected with said drawer.

3. In drawer provision for furniture and similar structures, thecombination with a drawer and parts forming its recess; of

notched parallel rails secured within the latter, at the sides thereof;a shaft revolubly extending through the drawer sides and havingsprocketwheels secured thereon; the teeth of which correspondinglyengage the rail notches; rollers Z), mounted on. the drawer sides,contiguous to the front thereof; the rails having end inclines overwhich the rollers ride to effect the raising and lowering movements ofthe drawer with the shaft as a shifting fulcrum; and an outerbottom-support connected with said drawer.

4. In drawer provision for furniture and similar structures, thecombination of a drawer, and parts forming its recess, with both frontand rear drawer-openings, and an interchangeable section adapted toclose either opening, and means for detachably securing said section inposition.

5. In drawer provision for furniture and similar structures, thecombination of a drawer, and parts forming its recess with both frontand rear draweropenings and including front and rear frame-ledges withdowel-recesses, and notched parts, and an interchangeable section A,having dowels located on the upper edge thereof, and pivoted dogs,mounted on the inner faces of said sections, the latter for engaging thenotched parts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of September, A. D.1901.

CORNELIUS MAYER.

Witnesses:

THOMAS S. MILEWSKI, MARTIN MAYER.

